“Endowment Building” Archive
$2.3M Estate Gift for Entrepreneurship and People Attraction
Rudolph H. Elis
A $2.3 million endowment has been established to support entrepreneurship and people attraction in north-central Nebraska. Rudolph H. Elis created a donor-advised fund in 2006 that was funded by a bequest upon his death.
Siberts’ Challenge Grant Creates Endowment in Red Cloud
Frank and Shirley Sibert
An attitude of gratitude prompted Frank and Shirley Sibert, former longtime residents of Valentine, in north-central Nebraska, to give a $100,000 gift of appreciated securities to the Red Cloud Community Foundation Fund, an affiliated fund of the Nebraska Community Foundation and their hometown, in South Central Nebraska.
Boettchers Provide Scholarships for Spencer Students
Bruno and Laverne Boettcher
Bruno and Laverne Boettcher, were a couple so grounded in their hometown of Spencer, in North Central Nebraska, that they simply could not be described apart from it.
Pender-Thurston Education & Community Foundation Fund
Harold and Marilyn Rink
Harold and Marilyn Rink of Pender, Nebraska made a challenge gift with the contribution of seven antique tractors. The tractors were sold by the Nebraska Community Foundation Fund, for the benefit of its affiliated fund the Pender-Thurston Community Foundation Fund.
Andersons’ Endowment Gift Supports McCook’s Youth
Lemoine “Andy” and Geri Anderson
Two life-long Nebraskans have made the largest charitable gift to date to the McCook Community Foundation Fund.
Unique Gift Launches a Family Legacy
Paul and Karen Seger
Paul and Karen Seger have lived in the Atkinson, NE area all their lives. They raised eight children there, owned and operated the funeral homes in Atkinson and Stuart, and served as volunteers and community activists.
The Gundersons gave back to the community where they raised their family and built their assets
Verlene and Gerald Gunderson
“Tis better to give than receive” is a value that was instilled in Verlene and Gerald “Gundy” Gunderson while they were growing up in Beemer, Nebraska and Norway, Iowa.
Cambridge and McCook Benefit from IRA Distribution
Don and Alice Harpst
“Choose your ruts carefully as you will be in them for a while,” was the saying used by the pioneers who crossed Nebraska in the early 1800s.
